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Giving Young People the Priority They Deserve
Today marks the 25th International Youth Day, which is also the launch at the United Nations of the International Year of Youth. The year-long commemoration, whose theme is dialogue and mutual understanding, aims to…
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Young and Pregnant in Jamaica, But Staying in School
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Twenty-eight-year-old Antoinette Sykes is happy to have a job that allows her to make a difference in the lives of young girls.
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Cell Phones Save Lives in Rwandan Villages
<p>MUSANZE, Rwanda — The Rwandan government is giving out hundreds of cell phones in an attempt to save pregnant women and babies.</p>
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Taking the Census in Panama, by Car, Foot, Boat and Saddle
PANAMA CITY — Fourteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are carrying out population and housing censuses this year as part of the 2010 round, a global effort by governments to count their citizens, which…
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UNFPA Leader Appeals for Africa’s Renewal With Better Health, Rights for Women
KAMPALA, Uganda — UNFPA’s Executive Director, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, made a strong appeal for Africa’s renewal through the provision of reproductive health and the promotion of women’s right, at a lecture at Makerere…
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African First Ladies’ Organization Agrees to Take on Maternal, Child Health
KAMPALA, Uganda—Ugandan First Lady, Janet Kataha Museveni, today presided over an important session of the meeting of African First Ladies, devoted to the theme of the debate that Heads of State had just concluded on “…
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African Leaders Agree on Ways Forward on Maternal and Child Health
KAMPALA, Uganda — The high-level debate which opened in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday on “Promoting Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa, ended this evening with an agreement by Africa’s leaders on…
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Africa Union Summit: Reducing Maternal and Newborn Deaths - Still a Lot to Do
KAMPALA, Uganda — The 15th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government opened this morning with a call from leaders to develop the drivers of economic growth so that in turn can…
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African Leaders Set to Take Major Decisions to Stem Maternal Death
KAMPALA, Uganda – African leaders began arriving the Ugandan capital yesterday for Sunday’s opening of the 15th Summit Meeting of the African Union Heads of State and Government that is set to take far-reaching…
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